DRAW MONSTER CITY!

DRAW MONSTER CITY! As the energy of the metropolis
collides and combines, all the tiny little components mix together
formulating a new beast. All the people, devices, cars, wires and
brick smash into each other to become a unified entity. This weird
globular amalgamation is born of our routines as it discovers the
metaphysical connections between each and every denizen spiralling
through the big city. Using the electric cables and pipelines like a
vascular system the City Monster draw it's life from organisms and
inanimate objects alike. Driven by a strange philosophy this entity
devours the individual assimilating mankind into a solitary monstrous
glob. With technological tentacles the creature continues to grasp
new components, feeding on anything it can get it's tendrils on.
Growing immensely and at a rapid pace it would appear there is no
escape from it's clutches so we'd all better run for the hills!

“The City Monster” is one of my
favourite characters in this series. It is
especially fun to draw monster cities because the image is made up of so many tiny people
and things piled on top of each other. This composition allows me to pretty much
draw anything I want within the larger monster shape. This weird monster
was also perfect for live painting performances for the same reason.
People could watch all sorts of tiny characters come to life right in
front of there eyes and over the course of a day the entire beast
would appear. This also gave me the opportunity to interact with the
audience talking and taking suggestions or even adding some of them
into the pile. I made four variations of the monster in small
detailed ink drawings and did three mural versions including one as
large as 10 ft x 12 ft.

One story that always comes to mind
when I look at these images involves one of the live paintings I did
on the streets of Queen St. West. The area were I performed is one of
the busiest places in Toronto and was always filled with crowds of
shoppers on the weekends. One Saturday I set up my display with a 6ft
x 8ft piece of blank paper and was really excited as the streets were
especially packed. I remember turning on my music and kneeling down
to fill up a cup with ink and when I looked up I was completely
surrounded. There was literally over a hundred people circled around
me waiting in anticipation for the performance to begin.

I remember I wanted to draw a Superhero
battle scene but something happened that changed all my plans. As I
jumped up to begin I accidentally tossed the cup of ink across the
paper causing a huge black splatter to fill the center of the page.
Without a second thought I dove into the big mess and used the split
ink to create a giant city monster. As quickly as possible the
creature came to life and in this instance he was vomiting up violent
black liquids as he march through the streets. I talked to a few
people afterwards but almost nobody realized I had made such a
blunder. There was only one guy who knew what really happened and he
was even more impressed for having noticing how I draw monster.

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